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Compounding Examples
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 -shaped (u.m.)
melt
 down (n., u.m.)
 water
men
 folk
 kind
meningo (c.f.)
all one word
menu-driven
merry
 -go-round
 meeting
 -minded (u.m.)
meshbag
meso (c.f.)
all one word
mess
 hall
 kit
 room
 tin
 -up (n.,u.m.)
meta (pref.)
all one word
metal
 ammonium
 -clad (u.m.)
 -coated (u.m.)
 -lined (u.m.)
 works
meter
 -amperes
 gram
 -kilogram
 -kilogram-second
 -millimeter
metro (c.f.)
all one word
mezzo
 graph
 relievo
 soprano
 tint
micro (c.f.)
 -organism
rest one word
mid (c.f.)
 -American, etc.
 -April
 day
 -decade
 -dish
 -ice
 -level
 -1958
 -Pacific, etc.
 -Victorian, etc.
rest one word
middle
 -aged (u.m.)
 breaker
 brow (nonliteral)
 -burst (v.)
 buster
#ear
#ground
 man (nonliteral)
 most
 -of-the-roader
 -sized (u.m.)
 splitter
 weight
midi (n.)
midi (pref.)
all one word
mighty-handed (u.m.)
mil-foot
mild
 -cured (u.m.)
 -mannered (u.m.)
 -spoken (u.m.)
mile
 -long (u.m.)
 -ohm
 post
 -pound
 -ton
 -wide (u.m.)
milk
 -fed (u.m.)
 head
#run
 shake
 shed
 sick
 sop
 -white (u.m.)
mill
 cake
 course
 dam
 feed
 hand
 -headed (u.m.)
 pond
 post
 race
 ring
 stock
 stream
 wright
milli (c.f.)
 gram-hour
rest one word
mincemeat
mind
#healer
 -healing (u.m.)
 reader
 set (n.)
 sight
mine
 field
 layer
 ship
 sweeper
 thrower
 works
mini (n.)
mini (pref.)
all one word
minor
#league
 -leaguer
minute#book
mirror
 -faced (u.m.)
 scope
mis (pref.)
all one word
mischiefmaking
mist
 bow
 -clad (u.m.)
 -covered (u.m.)
 fall
miter
#box
 -lock (v.)
mix
 blood
 up (n.)
mixing#room
mizzenmast
mock
 -heroic (u.m.)
#turtle
 up (n., u.m.)
mocker-up
mocking
 stock
 -up (u.m.)
mold
 made (u.m.)
#shop
mole
 catcher
 -eyed (u.m.)
 head
 hill